Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ladysknowe, settlement Largo
Grid reference
NO 406 035 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
340600 703500
Latitude
56.22042931878331
Longitude
-2.9579833229174897
County
Fife
Nearby places
Largo, parish (1.06 miles)
Annfield, settlement Largo (1.77 miles)
St Memma's Church, Scoonie (1.85 miles)
Scoonie, parish (1.85 miles)
St Andrew's Well, Scoonie (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is not certain that Ladysknowe refers to the BVM, but if it does it is likely to have been because income from the land was used to support her cult in the parish kirk. And a charter of 1497 does indeed refer to an altar of St Mary in Largo kirk, making a grant of 5 merks annually for service 'ad altare Beate Virginis Marie' in the kirk (RMS ii no. 2342).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladysknowe
Head name
Ladysknowe
Place
Ladysknowe, settlement Largo
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ladysknowe 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLadysknowe Head nameLadysknowe PlaceLadysknowe, settlement Largo Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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